Chapter 8
Almost Perfect Adain
Jeremy ran from his room and into the park at top speed, which, compared to Odd, who was running next to him, was really, really slow. Yumi and Ulrich were leaning over Adain, who was sprawled on the ground, her limbs entangled with each other. He tentatively opened one of her eyes.
The eye moved around in the socket, looking both directions before looking up. Adain, no longer unconscious, said, "Hello Jeremy." It must have been very creepy.
He let go of her eye with a start, jumping back even farther when she suddenly sat up.
"You passed out. You should lie down."
"No. I should stand up. I didn't drain myself too badly." She said at their worried glances. "Are you going to be like this with me all day? I don't think I'll be able to stand it!"
Ulrich was the first to get over the shock. "Why were you glowing silver?"
"Because that's my color." She explained calmly.
"Your what?"
"My color. The color of my magic!" They seemed genuinely shocked that she was talking about magic. "You remember me talking about being half Fae?" They nodded, still confused. "Fae is short for Faerie. Faeries have magic. Each Faerie's magic is a different color. I personally like to avoid all people with any shade of pink magic. From my experience, they're usually the dolts in the bunch." She rolled her eyes to emphasize this thought. "Magic can do basically anything. From love charms to blowing planets up, even though both of those were forbidden by the Councils. Do you remember me talking about being quarter pixie? Pixies are small, tricky little creatures that can fly without wings and shrink and grow and change their appearance. This last one is a very rare talent, so most pixies don't have it. I can do everything but that."
"So you do magic, change your size, and fly. You're half Fae, quarter pixie and quarter mortal-"
"Which means my life span is considerably shorter than most Faes and pixies, but longer than humans could ever possibly live." Adain interrupted.
"And you have long life." Ulrich finished. "Is there anything you can't do?"
Adain squinted, trying to remember if she really sucked at anything that they knew about. She finally replied, very slowly, "I'm not very good at kick boxing." This earned her lots of laughs, which she couldn't help but join.
"Hey, since you're so good at everything, why don't you join the Talent Show!" Odd voiced. He was automatically seconded by Jeremy and Ulrich. Yumi was worried, though.
"But what would she do? She can't do magic in front of large crowds. That would raise suspicion."
"I can sing."